Wednesday, January 25, 2017

The Reading Promise - Alice Ozma

Sub-title: My Father and the Books We Shared

A young girl and her father make a promise to read together every day...and continue their "reading streak" for over 3,000 days until she went away to college. It sounds like a great story but I couldn't be completely enthusiastic as their relationship as described bordered on creepy. Her mother and father separate about the same time as the streak begins yet her mother continues to spend Christmas Eve on their couch every year. She has an older sister, about seven years older, who is mentioned occasionally but it is clear that Alice is the focus of her father's attention. The relationship aside, the streak is a noble goal and while it broadened her knowledge it didn't greatly enhance her writing skills.